Body-size distributions and size-spectra: Universal indicators of ecological status?

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-437

  Petchey, Owen L ^a   Belgrano, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allometry; Ecosystem assessment; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BODY SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957267218     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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